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Recruitment & Retention
University of Oregon Leads Retention Initiative for Faculty of Color
University of Oregon’s Center on Diversity and Community (CoDac) is leading a retention initiative for faculty of color, the Daily Emerald reported. The initiative will conduct exit interviews with faculty of color who have left in the past five years to learn how the institution might improve in terms of inclusion. The project is about […]
February 4, 2021
COVID-19
Maine Community College System Creates Course to Deal with the COVID-19 Pandemic
Maine Community College System has broadened its job skill training program for Maine workers to also teach individuals how to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, Portland Press Herald reported. The school system had started the program some years ago to give baseline training in various fields with less commitment than a full college-level course, with […]
February 4, 2021
Asian American Pacific Islander
I Wasn’t a Good Asian Daughter… But That Got Me into College
Holistic admissions should encourage students to celebrate different components of their unique personal identities rather than conform to what they think admissions officers are looking for.
February 4, 2021
Podcasts
Three (More) Big Diversity Questions Resulting From COVID-19
As we began to delve into adjustments made to online higher education amid COVID-19, a second session was added to continue this important conversation. Join CoopLew and Diverse: Issues In Higher Education, for part two of this webcast replay as we dive into three more big diversity-related questions with our panelists. In this episode, […]
February 4, 2021
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A Breach of Trust
Some African Americans wary of COVID-19 vaccines given Tuskegee experiment abuses.
February 4, 2021
Community Colleges
Virtual Panel Explores Findings from Community College Student Engagement Report
Sixty-nine percent of entering students work for pay, while almost one-third work more than 40 hours a week, found a Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE) report, titled “The Intersection of Work and Learning: Findings From Entering Students in Community Colleges,” last October. Just how to provide support to those student-workers was the topic of a CCCSE virtual panel discussion on Feb. 3.
February 3, 2021
News Roundup
Women Suffering from Period Poverty More Likely to Suffer from Depression, Research Shows
Women suffering from period poverty – lack of access to menstrual hygiene products – are more likely to suffer from depression, according to a new study from George Mason University’s College of Health and Human Services. More than 14% of college women experienced period poverty in the past year, with 10% experiencing period poverty every month. […]
February 3, 2021
Leadership & Policy
Chestnut Hill College President Sister Carol Jean Vale to Retire in 2022
Chestnut Hill College President Dr. Carol Jean Vale – the longest serving college president in the Philadelphia region – will retire in June 2022, closing out 30 years in the role, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported. She joined Chestnut Hill in 1988 as chair of the religious studies department. Sister Carol is from the Catholic school’s […]
February 3, 2021
News Roundup
ACLU Names First Black President
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has elected its first Black president in its 101-year history, reports The Associated Press.
February 3, 2021
Opinion
The Rage of Silence
Two years ago, I surrendered my rage to my ancestors when academia told me I did not belong. Since then, my ancestors awaken me to document a collective story, especially during COVID-19. What is the one thing that COVID-19 and academia have in common?
February 3, 2021
African-American
Boston University Law Dean Given Antiracism Professorship
Boston University law school Dean Angela Onwuachi-Willig, a critical race theory scholar, has been named the first Ryan Roth Gallo and Ernest J. Gallo Professor. Onwuachi-Willig is an expert in racial and gender inequality and anti-discrimination law. She founded the Lutie A. Lytle Black Women Law Faculty Workshop for women of color law faculty in […]
February 3, 2021
HBCUs
Reflections on the Life and Legacy of Dr. James Carmichael Renick
Anyone who ever met Jim Renick would have found it very hard not to like him.
February 3, 2021
African-American
Fighting Against Historic Distrust and Misinformation To Save African American Patients
A group of higher ed professionals, doctors and public health experts known as the Black Coalition Against COVID, is working to address community concerns and dispel misconceptions about COVID-19 and the vaccine and to inspire trust in the medical community around these issues to hopefully save Black lives.
February 3, 2021
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Tribal Colleges Receive Support to Fight COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic persists, health disparities continue to be revealed and exacerbated. The disproportionate impact is especially prevalent within Native American communities.
February 2, 2021
News Roundup
Dr. Dedriell Taylor Appointed West Virginia Wesleyan College’s First Chief Diversity Officer
Dr. Dedriell Taylor has been appointed West Virginia Wesleyan College’s first chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer, My Buckhannon reported. The Beckley, West Virginia native previously served as director of philanthropy for the West Virginia’s Girl Scouts of Black Diamond Council and as adjunct professor of business at Bluefield College. She has also served as […]
February 2, 2021
Leadership & Policy
CUNY Appoints Two New Presidents at Lehman College and Guttman Community College
City University of New York has appointed Dr. Fernando Delgado as Lehman College president and Dr. Larry Johnson Jr. as Guttman Community College president, the New York Daily News reported. Delgado previously served as vice chancellor at University of Minnesota-Duluth. Delgado’s research focuses on Latinx identity. More than half of Lehman’s population is Hispanic. Johnson […]
February 2, 2021
News Roundup
University of Wisconsin–Madison’s Dr. LaVar Charleston Joins Wisconsin Governor’s Equity Advisory Council
LaVar Charleston, University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education’s associate dean for equity, diversity, and inclusion, has been named to Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’s advisory council on equity and inclusion, according to UW-M officials.
February 2, 2021
Asian American Pacific Islander
Chinese American History Professors Gave Photographer Corky Lee His Calling
My friend Corky Lee, the self-described Asian American photographer laureate, has been mentioned by much of the mainstream media this past week. He died of COVID on Jan. 27.
February 2, 2021
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